Recent content by bigrayray

I checked the high side with the A/C running and it was around 65-70. I added a can of r134a and it seems a whole lot better now. The air is blowing at about 45* at the vent and the compressor stays on for about a minute per cycle. Thanks a ton for all your help. ray

Pelican- I'm still a bit confused about how this works. Should the low side remain relatively constant or does it drop when the compressor is running and it's just not supposed to drop so low that it cuts off the compressor? Sorry if I'm being dumb about this but I didn't want to add...

I'm not really sure which one I checked. Though one of the previous postings mentioned that the fill hose/gauge combo that comes with the refill kits only fit on the low side. If that's accurate, then I guess I looked at the low side and my problem might not be low refrigerant. The one I...

I read through a lot of the other A/C posts and haven't found one with symptoms similar to mine. I have 2001 XJ with the A/C blowing hot. I checked the compressor and it seems to be cycling on and off every 3-5 seconds. This made me think that it was low on refrigerant. I put a guage on and...